Practice Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cynthia got an opportunity to participate in an experiment, in which the psychologist

focused on the acquisition, storage, manipulation, and transformation of information
received from the environment along with its use and communication. Identify the
branch to which the psychologist belongs to _______.
a) Biological Psychology
b) Cognitive Psychology
c) Clinical Psychology
d) Developmental Psychology
2. First psychology department in India was established in:
a) Delhi
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) Chennai
3. Around 1910, _______ rejected the ideas of mind and consciousness as subject matters
of psychology.
a) N. N. Sengupta
b) JB Watson
c) Durganand Sinha
d) Sigmund Freud
4. Ms. Akriti is a psychologist who is conducting a longitudinal study on the socio-
emotional development of non-identical twins from conception to old age. Which
branch of psychology does Ms. Akriti belongs to ____________.
a) Social Psychology
b) Cognitive Psychology
c) Clinical Psychology
d) Developmental Psychology
5. Siddhant needs help as he cannot manage with his day to day pressure and feels less
motivated. He should visit to a _________________ for his problem to improve
everyday functioning.
a) Counselling Psychologist
b) Clinical psychologist
c) Organizational psychologist
d) Community psychologist
6. The procedure in which the individuals or subjects in psychological experiments were
asked to describe in detail, their own mental processes or experiences is known as
_____________.
a) Observation
b) Introspection
c) Case study
d) Biography
7. _______________________ studies the role played by the mind in strengthening the
immune system.
a) Bio-neuropsychology
b) Psychoneuroimmunology
c) Parapsychology
d) Neuropsychology
8. When we say experiences are internal to the experiencing person, then we refer to
states of consciousness or awareness or mental processes.
Choose the correct option:
a) True
b) False
9. Of the following schools of thought, which emphasizes the importance of unconscious
processes?
a) Humanistic
b) Behavioural
c) Psychodynamic
d) Biological
10. _______________ developed ‘Functionalist Approach’ to study the human mind.
a) William James
b) J. B. Watson
c) Sigmund Freud
d) Piaget
11. Assertion (A): Counselling psychologists aims to improve everyday functioning by
helping people solve problems in daily living and cope more effectively with
challenging situations.
Reason (R): Counselling psychologist deals with people who have serious problems.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
12. The formal beginning of modern psychology is traced back to _____ when the first
experimental laboratory was established in _______________.
a) 1888, Germany
b) 1891, New York
c) 1879, Leipzig
d) 1837, London
13. The final goal of the scientific enquiry is to bring out __________ in the lives of
people.
a) Positive changes
b) Psychological changes
c) Cultural changes
d) Negative changes
14. Lola wants to explore the behavior of tribal community members in an adverse
situation. She established a controlled setting where they will be exposed to a
perceived danger. What would be the dependent variable in this experiment?
a) Behavior of the children
b) Behavior of the confederates
c) Behavior of community
d) Perceived danger
15. Information about ecological conditions (hilly/desert/forest), mode of economy,
housing conditions, etc., represents which type of data
a) Physical Information
b) Demographic Information
c) Physiological Data
d) Geographic Information
16. Assertion (A): Data from qualitative studies are largely subjective.
Reason (R): It involves interpretation on the part of the researcher as well as the
person providing data.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
17. Shanaya has conducted a research for knowing whether ‘the amount of study time’ is
associated to the ‘student’s academic achievement’. This is an example of which of
the following research method?
a) Observational method
b) Correlational method
c) Survey method
d) Experimental method
18. The __________ refers to the fact that if two or more persons independently study a
particular event, both of them, to a great extent, should arrive at the same conclusion.
a) Reliability
b) Subjectivity
c) Validity
d) Objectivity
19. The variables on which the effect of independent variable is observed is called
_________________.
a) Extraneous Variable
b) Relevant Variable
c) Dependent Variable
d) Confounding Variable
20. A researcher wants to study the behaviour of an avid reader during a literature
festival. Which of the following methods can be used for the purpose?
a) Naturalistic observation
b) Correlation method
c) Experimental method
d) Survey method
21. The strength and direction of the relationship between the two variables is represented
by a number, known as ____________:
a) Cronbach’s Alpha
b) Correlational Value
c) Coefficient of association
d) Correlation Coefficient
22. Identify an open-ended question from the following:
a) Do you agree that most milk products in the market are contaminated?
b) True or false: Most milk products in market are contaminated.
c) Most milk products in the market are contaminated. Rate from 1 to 5. 1 being
least and 5 being the most.
d) Milk products mostly are contaminated. Comment.
23. The interview in which the questions in the schedule are written clearly in a particular
sequence is called as structured interview.
Choose the correct option:
a) True
b) False
24. What does it mean if two variables have a positive correlation?
a) As one variable increases, so does the other
b) As one variable increases, the other decreases
c) The correlation between the two variables is 0
d) The correlation between the two variables is greater than 1.0
25. Which of the following variables represents the emotional state of the person or
animal in the experiment?
a) Independent.
b) Relevant
c) Dependent.
d) Organismic
26. What is the common way of controlling extraneous variables in an experiment?
a) Random Assignment
b) Double-blind procedure
c) Single-blind procedure
d) Using animal subjects
27. Assertion (A) – Case Study is an in depth method of collecting data.
Reason (R) – Case Study includes interview, observation and psychological tests
from a variety of respondents.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
28. How can we determine if a test has good validity?
a) It produces the same result when it is given at different times to the same
group of people.
b) It produces the same result no matter which version of the test is being used.
c) It measures what it is supposed to measure.
d) All of the questions on it can be answered accurately by the subject.
29. When doing research, it might involve deception with human subjects, researchers
have an obligation to do which of the following?
a) Tell subjects the truth about the study’s purpose and methods after the study is
completed.
b) Prevent mental and physical harm to subjects
c) Let subjects withdraw from the study at any time if they don’t want to
continue participating.
d) All of the above
30. To test reliability of an IQ test, researcher tested a group of respondents for IQ scores
in which each respondent is tested twice – the two tests are, say, a month apart. Then
he calculated correlation coefficient between the two sets of IQ scores. Which type of
reliability is this?
a) Test-Retest Reliability
b) Positive reliability
c) Associative reliability
d) Split-half reliability
31. Adolescence can be simply defined as onset of
a) Sexual maturity
b) Sexual activity
c) Menstruation
d) Abstract thinking
32. Assertion (A): Another source of threat to prenatal development are ‘Teratogens’.
Reason (R): These are environmental agents that cause deviations in normal
development that can lead to serious abnormalities or death.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
33. Assertion (A): Phenotype is the way an individual’s genotype is expressed in
observable and measurable characteristics.
Reason (R): It is the genetic code which predisposes a child to develop in a particular
way. Genes provide a distinct blueprint and timetable for the development of an
individual.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
34. The statement “The stimuli not getting access to the selective filter at a given moment
of time are not completely blocked.” is a part of which theory?
a) Sustained attention
b) Filter attenuation theory
c) Multimode theory
d) Bottom up processing
35. Assertion (A) – There is no one method that can solve all problems related to
retention and bring about an overnight memory improvement.
Reason (R) – As you need to attend to a wide variety of factors which affect your
memory such as your health status, your interest and motivation, your familiarity with
the subject matter and so on.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
36. In order to be noticed a stimulus has to carry a minimum value or weight. The
minimum value of a stimulus required to activate a given sensory system is called
_______________
a) Kinesthetic limen
b) Absolute threshold
c) Minimal threshold
d) Difference threshold
37. The Gestalt psychologists also indicate that our cerebral processes are always oriented
towards the perception of a __________________
a) Good figure
b) Figure – ground segregation
c) Proximity
d) Similarity
38. Assertion (A): Cultural differences have also been found in the gaze behaviour.
Reason (R): The processes involved in emotions have been known to be influenced
by culture.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
39. Which of the following is learnt with the help of observational learning?
a) Courtesy
b) Politeness
c) Pro-social behaviour
d) All of the above
40. It has been found that extinction of a response is more difficult following partial
reinforcement than following continuous reinforcement.
Choose the correct option:
A. True B. False
41. ____________ conditioning associates a voluntary behavior and a consequence.
a) Conditioning learning
b) Operant Conditioning
c) Positive Conditioning
d) Classical Conditioning
42. In ___________ learning, a new behaviour is learned but not demonstrated until
reinforcement is provided for displaying it.
a) Skill Learning
b) Insight Learning
c) Verbal Learning
d) Latent Learning
43. Researcher rings the bell until the food is presented. Repeated trials of the
presentation of bell (CS) preceding the onset of the presentation of food (US) leads to
new learned response i.e. unconditioned response. This type of conditioning
procedure is called as __________.
a) Backward Conditioning
b) Delayed Conditioning
c) Trace Conditioning
d) Simultaneous Conditioning
44. Assertion (A) – In cognitive learning, there is a change in what the learner knows
rather than what s/he does.
Reason (R) – Some psychologists view learning in terms of cognitive processes that
underlie it. They have developed approaches that focus on such processes that occur
during learning rather than concentrating solely on S-R and S-S connections.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
45. Assertion (A): A reinforcer has numerous features, which affect the course and
strength of a response.
Reason (R): A reinforcer is any stimulus or event, which decreases the probability of
the occurrence of a (desired) response.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true
46. __________ Attention is used by luggage scanners, air traffic controllers, lifeguards.
a) Divided Attention
b) Fringe Attention
c) Selective Attention
d) Sustained Attention
47. Siddhant needs help as he cannot manage with his day to day pressure and feels less
motivated. He should visit to a _________________ for his problem to improve
everyday functioning.
a) Counselling Psychologist
b) Clinical psychologist
c) Organizational psychologist
d) Community psychologist
48. Which of the following is considered to be a part of basic emotions?
a) Joy
b) Fear
c) Anger
d) All of the above
49. Trying to find and develop an interest or a hobby is one of the ways to manage
negative emotions.
a) True b) False
50. Assertion (A): Anger is not a reflex, rather it is a result of our thinking.
Reason (R): Neither is it automatic nor uncontrollable and caused by others but it is a
self-induced choice that the individual makes.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
c) A is true, R is false
d) A is false, R is true